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H O R T 1 C U L T U R E 



December 9, 1905. 



SEED TRADE. 



Incorporation papers for the Ohio 

 Seed Company, capital ?50,000, of 

 which $25,000 is paid up, have been 

 filed. The incorporators are Lattimer 

 Thompson, Herman Philipps, Karl 

 Matheis, Charles Friedman and U. 

 Grant Denman. The purpose of the 

 new house is to enter the wholesale 

 trade, handling clover, timothy and 

 other field seeds. Mr. Phillips, who 

 has been prominent in the organiza- 

 tion of the new company, is a member 

 of the Toledo Produce exchange and 

 is well known in the seed world 

 through his former connection with 

 the Henry Philipps Seed & Implement 

 Co. of Toledo. 



Henry Niingessar & Co., in their 

 latest wholesale list of grass and 

 clover seed have this to say: 



The reports from the Alfalfa districts 

 are very irregular. Ameiica, Italy and 

 Austria have very little seed. How- 

 ever, Fraijce in some sections, has a 

 good crop, but on account of unfavor- 

 atle weather during harvesting, quali- 

 ties are not up to the standard, es- 

 pecially as to color. Wo may also state 

 that Germany does not produce any 

 Alfalfa seed whatever. Regarding our 

 offering fre3 of dodder, we will state 

 that at lea^t 95 per cent, of all the 

 Alfalfa harvested ontains more or less 

 dodder, and in offering Alfalfa it is 

 the custom the world over, when not 

 especially stated, that Alfalfa is noc 

 cleaned of dodder. We are buying 

 some imder the guarantee "free of 

 dodder," and some lots we buy in the 

 natural state, which we clean our- 

 selves. However, it must be distinctly 

 understood (as is the custom with the 

 most prominent control stations in 

 Europe), that a guarantee under "dod- 

 der free" does not moan "absolutely 

 free of dodder." An occasional grain 

 of dodder will always be found in Al- 

 falfa, as so far, it has been impossible 

 to have it absolutely free from dodder. 



A good business has always been 

 done in Alfalfa, and although the mar- 

 ket is at present somewhat easy for 

 medium and low qualities, the fine 

 qualities are held very firm, and are 

 getting very scarce. 



We understand that there is Alfalfa 

 offered, mixed with yellow trefoil and 

 burr clover. We, therefore, recom- 

 mend when you buy your Alfalfa, to 

 have it guaranteed free of trefoil and 

 burr clover, and any wholesale dealer 

 is able to give this guarantee. 



HANNAH HOBART, CALIFORNIA'S PRIDE. 



COMPETITION IN POTATOES. 



Consul Mahin, of Nottingham, Eng- 

 land, reports the result of a po'tato- 

 growing competition held in Derby- 

 shire the past season. Two- pounds of 

 Duchess of Cornwall seed were sup- 

 plied to each member of the Hallam 

 Fields Garden Association. Prizes 

 were given for the largest crops and 

 for best quality. The first prize-win- 

 ner succeeded in raising 132 pounds 

 of potatoes from his 2 pounds of seed, 

 cut into 41 sets. The time of cultiva- 

 tion was one hundred and forty days. 

 The average weight per set was 3.21 

 pounds, the proportion of increase be- 

 ing 66 to 1. The second prize-winner 

 raised 122 pounds, and the third 

 121 1-2 pounds, the remainder of the 

 competitors falling behind by stages 

 of 10 pounds until 2G pounds was 

 reached as the lowest weight. The 



liaiiuah llobart, introduced by J. H. 

 Sievers & Co., the leading florist firm 

 on the Pacific Coast, and put to the 

 test under the most critical judges, has 

 won its place as a carnation possess- 



ing the highest qualities a.s an exhi- 

 bition and commercial variety. In the 

 photograph herewith reproduced its 

 desirable points are well displayed. 

 The success which has atended its dis- 

 semination has been well won. 



average of the whole competition was 

 70 1-4 pounds from 2 pounds of seed. 

 The greatest produce was equal to 43 

 tons per acre. The combined product 

 of the 28 competitors was equivalent 

 to 25 1-3 tons per acre. Ten tons per 

 acre is generally considered a good 

 yield. The average yield of the 700,- 

 000 acres of potato fields in this coun- 

 try is 6 tons per acre. 



LIST OF PATENTS. 

 Issued October 31, 1905. 



803,088. Weeder and Cultivator. Clar- 

 ence I. J. Barker, David 

 City, Nebr., assignor to The 

 Barker Mfg. Co., David 

 City, Nebr. 



803,176. Fruit Picker. Cornelius B. 

 Hyson, Everett, Wash. 



803,308. Tree Holder. Rudolph A. 

 Reik, Fond du Lac, Wis. 



803,447. Hoe. William A. Sparks and 

 William P. Kingsbury, Par- 

 kersburg, W. Va., assignors 

 to the Kanawha Implement 

 Co., Charleston, W. Va. 



803,496. Lawn Mower. William Mar- 

 shall, Coshocton, Ohio. 

 Issued November 7, 1905. 



803,662. Orchard-Heater. Charles S. 

 Brown and Frank M. 

 Bremiller. Utica, N. Y. 



803,741. Corner Shield or Protector. 

 Ole Carlson, De Kalb. 111. 



803,796. Fruit-Clipper. Charles F. 

 Streight, Riverside. Cal. 



803,953. Pruning Implement. Geo. 



B. Wright, Leetsdale, Pa., 

 assignor of one-half to T. 

 W. Wright, Leetsdale, Pa. 



804,092. Apparatus for Draining 

 Marshes and the Like. 

 John Brants, Tampico, III. 



804,130. Spade Attachment. Eugene 



C. Jewett, Eaglegrove, 

 Iowa. 



Issued November 14, 1905. 



804,335. Weeder or Cultivator, Fred- 

 erick L. Novotny, Rush- 

 ville, Nebr. 



804,426. Pruning Implement, Levi H. 

 Mullen, Birchtree, Mo. 



804,492. Folding-Fruit-Shipping Rack, 

 .lames W. Mills and Elmer 

 E. Izer, Pomona, Cal. 



SOI, 625. Land-Leveler, David A. Sav- 

 age, Mayoworth, Wyo. 



A NOTABLE OPENING. 



On Monday evening, December 11, 

 the new store of John Breitmeyer & 

 Sons, at Detroit, Mich., will be opened 

 for inspection by the friends of this 

 enterprising and popular firm. "That's 



Brockton, Mass., has appropriated 

 $20,000 for parkways upon the request 

 of the park commissioners. 



Two of the greenhouses recently 

 erected by A. C. Burrage at Halifax, 

 Mass., collapsed in the recent gale. 

 The loss is estimated at between 

 $10,000 and $15,000. 



